President Donald Trump is poised to impose fresh tariffs on dozens of countries as soon as this week, according to the Financial Times, with his temporary 10% global tariff set to expire on Friday. The FT reported on Tuesday that the most immediate new duties are expected to be at a level similar to the 10% tariffs already in place, while the administration is also working on other investigations that could give it legal authority to propose higher duties.
could not immediately verify the report.
What is happening with the new tariff plans?
Trump is expected to move ahead with more trade measures against dozens of countries, according to the Financial Times, as the expiry of the temporary 10% global tariff approaches on Friday. The newspaper said the first wave of new duties is likely to match the 10% tariffs already being applied, though the administration is also pursuing other investigations that may allow it to seek higher duties later.
said it could not immediately verify the report.
What will defense officials tell Senate lawmakers?
Defense secretary Pete Hegseth, joint chiefs of staff chairman Dan Caine and agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins are scheduled to speak on Tuesday before the Senate appropriations committee. They are set to testify on Trump’s $88bn supplemental funding request, which would help pay for the war in Iran.
This is the first time Hegseth and Caine have been heard from extensively since consecutive days of strikes restarted against Iran this month.
When will Lindsey Graham’s funeral take place?
Lindsey Graham’s funeral is scheduled for Washington on 28 July. The service will begin with a short ceremony at the US Capitol in the Rotunda, followed by a full service at Washington National Cathedral for invited guests. Donald Trump is set to speak at the funeral, alongside others who have not yet been announced.
Graham’s remains will then be transported to South Carolina for a service at the state house on 29 July, followed by a procession in Columbia. There will also be a public ceremony, before a private family burial in Pickens County, where Graham was born and raised.
What is Trump doing in Washington today?
Trump is in Washington on Tuesday and is due to welcome Lebanon’s president, Joseph Aoun, to the White House at 11am ET. The live blog said it would bring the latest lines from their bilateral meeting.
Later, Trump is scheduled to meet House Republican lawmakers in the Oval Office at 5pm ET. That meeting is currently closed to the press, although the blog said it would report any change to that arrangement.
The meeting comes as House speaker Mike Johnson faces an uphill climb to pass several pieces of legislation before the August recess.
What did Wisconsin mosque leader Salah Sarsour say about immigration detention?
The president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque said he was subjected to “dehumanizing” treatment during more than 80 days in federal immigration custody, describing conditions that reminded him of time spent in Israeli military prisons in occupied nearly four decades ago.
“It all brought back old memories of things that happened to me when I was tried in Palestine,”
Salah Sarsour said in his first interview since being released last month. He added:
“The humiliation, the treatment by guards, the way they talk to people, the way they try to put people down.”
He said he lost more than 30lb while in immigration detention.
Sarsour, who was born in the West Bank and has been a US permanent resident for nearly three decades, was by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in March after a federal judge found he had probably been detained in retaliation for his advocacy for Palestinian rights — a likelihood the judge said would render his detention unlawful.
The is continuing to seek his deportation, and Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, personally signed off on a memo last year describing Sarsour as deportable because:
“his actions undermine US foreign policy to combat antisemitism around the world”
Why is Lebanon’s Joseph Aoun meeting Trump?
Lebanese president Joseph Aoun was due to meet his US counterpart in Washington on Tuesday as Beirut’s military moved into an area of the south under a deal with Israel to disarm Hezbollah.
Lebanon is under pressure to show that it can and will disarm the Iran-backed militant group, which Israel has made a precondition for ending its occupation in southern Lebanon.
The so-called “pilot zones” where the Lebanese army is deploying under the deal with Israel are mainly located just outside territory Israeli forces invaded after Hezbollah dragged Lebanon into the Middle East war in March.
What pressure is building around the war in Iran?
Democrats have seized on the deaths of three US troops killed in Iranian strikes to press Trump to urgently reverse his resumption of the war with Iran amid widespread anxiety over rising casualties.
Even as US forces launched a 10th consecutive wave of attacks against Iranian targets, concern over the deaths of American service personnel threatened to complicate efforts to escalate the conflict, which has reignited after he last week walked away from a memorandum of understanding agreed with in June.
The Pentagon released the names of two soldiers killed in a strike on Muwaffaq Salti air base in Jordan on Friday. They were First Lieutenant Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Private Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas.
A third member of the armed forces was killed in northern Iraq on Saturday in what US Central Command called a “controlled detonation” of unexploded ordnance. The remains of a possible fourth dead service member were found over the weekend in Jordan.
How is Canada responding to Trump’s tariff move?
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney said Ottawa is ready to deepen trade talks with the United States after Trump ordered fresh tariffs targeting Canada. The live blog opened by noting that Canada was ready to “intensify” discussions as the US president moved ahead with the new measures.
“This is the latest in a series of unilateral US trade actions that began with the US imposing a series of tariffs in direct violation of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement,”Carney said of Trump’s plan for 50% duties on many Canadian products.
He added that Canada has already made proposals to resolve disputes as Washington has transformed its trade ties, and that it is
“ready to intensify those discussions.”
Trump’s tariffs will apply to a wide range of products, the White House said, including wine, hockey sticks and cement. They also cover goods that had previously been protected from import taxes under the United States-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) agreement.
The new measures will exclude energy products, fish, critical minerals and potash. They will also exclude products already subject to tariffs aimed at protecting national security, including steel and aluminum.
The White House said the tariffs will take effect in 30 days, leaving time for possible negotiations between the two countries. Trump signed three proclamations to launch the tariffs under Section 338 of the 1930 Trade Act. Several Democratic lawmakers proposed repealing the section last year, arguing Trump could use it to destabilize the economy.
A White House fact sheet claims Trump is
“taking action to hold Canada accountable for its continued discrimination against and unreasonable and unequal treatment of U.S. commerce that has burdened and disadvantaged hardworking Americans”.
Trump says in the proclamations that Canada discriminates against American automobiles, alcohol and cheese relative to other nations, but his argument rests largely on retaliatory actions taken by Canada after the US president imposed tariffs on Canada under the pretext that it should do more to stop fentanyl smuggling into the US.
Canadians across the political spectrum reacted with anger. Ontario premier Doug Ford said:
“If these tariffs proceed, Canada should respond tariff for tariff, dollar for dollar,”
Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, called the tariffs a
“direct violation”of the US-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement Trump negotiated. Canada’s Conservatives called the tariffs
“another unacceptable and unjustified attack on Canadian workers and our businesses,”adding:
“Canadians are not a punching bag.”The leader of Canada’s New Democrats called them
“the latest economic grenade thrown over the border by an out of control President who has lost touch with reality.”
Ilya Somin, a professor of law at George Mason University who helped file the successful challenge to Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs, said the president’s new 50% tariffs on Canadian imports
“are based on Section 338 of the notorious 1930 Smoot-Hawley tariff legislation, which severely exacerbated the Great Depression.”
Nancy Mace, a Republican congresswoman from South Carolina, announced on Monday that she is not entering the race to replace the late senator Lindsey Graham in the snap Republican primary next month.
Key Facts
- Trump is reportedly poised to impose fresh tariffs on dozens of countries as soon as this week.
- The FT said the temporary 10% global tariff is scheduled to expire on Friday.
- Canada says it is ready to “intensify” trade talks with the United States after the new tariff plan.
- Defense secretary Pete Hegseth, Dan Caine and Brooke Rollins are scheduled to testify before the Senate appropriations committee.
- Lindsey Graham’s funeral is scheduled for Washington on 28 July, with additional services in South Carolina on 29 July.
